1. Analysis of Budget Process at Citibank Direction and control of Citibank’s international branches are conducted via two formal management processes. Each year‚ top management sets sovereign risk limits for its independent branches based on proposals by country managers. Country managers may choose to operate with self-imposed limits below this upper guideline. Following‚ there is the budget setting process‚ where headquarters only provides administrative guidelines but not specific targets‚ with
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Case 1: Citibank Indonesia 1. Citibank’s budgeting process is based on a bottom-up method. It is not compromised of specific goals to be attained by individual operating units‚ but is composed for the corporation as a whole. Citibank was aiming for long-term goals‚ which call for profit growth of 12-15% per year‚ 1.25% return on assets‚ and 20% return on equity. These standards are set for the entire company‚ and individual sectors‚ such as international branches‚ usually set their own higher goals
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October 04‚ 2010 Citibank: Performance Evaluation In 1996‚ Citibank was an emergent banking institution attempting to increase its market share in the competitive Los Angeles area. In order to do so‚ the bank’s strategy was to focus slightly less on their financial growth‚ and much more on providing “a high level of service to its customers”. Management viewed this paradigm shift as “critical to the long term success of the franchise”. To implement these changes‚ a new Citibank employee performance
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1. Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? Do they fit Citibank’s stated goals & culture? Should measures that have “hard” data be treated differently from those that are more subjective? Why or why not? Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? YES‚ they include important factors to the bank that should be understood by the professional managers and if they know the rules in advance then it is fair. Particularly scorecard template is clear and easy to understand
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I. Critical evaluation of Citibank performance evaluation form: Citibank corporate strategy: focused on combining excellent customer service strategy along with relationship banking to build a profitable competitive franchise. Customers were offered the convenience of choosing the type of service delivery‚ whether personal or remote. But as high end customers become more and more valuable to the bank‚ their service expectations also went up. Increased service demands included broad array of financial
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9-198-048 Rev. October 14‚ 1999 Citibank: Performance Evaluation Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ was meeting with his management team to review the performance evaluation and bonus decisions for the California branch managers. James McGaran’s performance evaluation was next. Frits felt uneasy about this one. McGaran was manager of the most important branch in the Los Angeles area‚ and his financials were impressive. A year ago he would have received "above par" rating with
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Dr. Li 30 October 2007 "Citibank Case Analysis" Introduction: Through reading the article titled "Citibank: Performance Evaluation" and performing my own in-depth case analysis‚ I was able to analyze the issues Citibank California was confronted with and determine possible solutions to help run their business more successfully. Although Citibank is a well-run corporation that made necessary improvements in an effort to gain a competitive advantage over their main competitors‚ Bank of America
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9-595-026 REV: OCTOBER 2‚ 2002 V. KASTURI RANGAN Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) On a rainy afternoon in 1989‚ Rana Talwar‚ head of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Consumer Bank‚ reflected upon the 11 years that had gone by since the Consumer Bank had established its consumer business in Asia. The branch banking business operations in 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East projected Citibank as a prestigious‚ consumer-oriented international bank and as the
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Citibank: The Confia Acquisition in Mexico Situation Analysis Citibank is looking to expand their reach within the banking world. They had an opportunity to acquire Confia a Mexican bank. Many Mexican banks are having problems due to the lack of money and resources the Mexican people have to invest in the banks. Citibank does much research while deciding whether to follow through with the deal. At the very end of the purchasing process an undiscovered threat is exposed to Citibank that Confia
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CITIBANK CASE 1. Citibank should maximize profits in developed countries where there are very large populations with potential customers. The economy in Asia-pacific countries is not as developed as the United States and Europe. Citibank has the opportunity cost of maximizing profits in the United States and Europe for risking the card launch in Asia and not getting results from that. 2. If Citibank decides to launch the new card to Asia-Pacific countries‚ they should go ahead and launch
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